diff --git a/bgpd/bgpd.h b/bgpd/bgpd.h
index bb56fd355a05..fafd20711042 100644
--- a/bgpd/bgpd.h
+++ b/bgpd/bgpd.h
@@ -2105,7 +2105,7 @@ struct bgp_nlri {
  */
 #define BGP_DEFAULT_HOLDTIME                   180
 #define BGP_DEFAULT_KEEPALIVE                   60
-#define BGP_DEFAULT_CONNECT_RETRY              120
+#define BGP_DEFAULT_CONNECT_RETRY               30
 
 #define BGP_DEFAULT_EBGP_ROUTEADV                0
 #define BGP_DEFAULT_IBGP_ROUTEADV                0